Friday, August 27, 2010

Today is a special day, not because it's "almost" the weekend....but it is the 4th Friday challenge at Paper Garden Projects. We took a little break during the Summer and now the store is back and ready to kick off Autumn with a new challenge - create a Fall or Back To School creation.

It can be any type of project: card, scrap page, altered item, gift pack - we want to see them all. The only rule is that you link up a project newly created for this challenge, although feel free to combine it with other current challenges. Although we would love to see all the art you care to share, everyone will be entered in the prize drawing only once. One winner will be drawn randomly to win the prize. You have until midnight (EST) on Saturday, September 4th to link up your project to the Paper Garden Projects Blog.

For your prize this month, I thought we could go on one last summer picnic. Maybe a birthday picnic with Penny Black? The prize is this super cute Hedgehog Birthday cling stamp:

There is a field next to my house and this time of year the different Fall flowers are just amazing. There are always butterflies everywhere. So when I made my card, I had that field of flowers in mind. I stamped my flowers in random areas, just like a field would be. I added a sentiment (included in the stamp set). The die cut tag is part of the 6x6 Kaisercraft paper pad. I colored my image with Copics. I also used the Copic Spica Clear Glitter Pen to add a little sparkle to my flowers - this is a must have for a crafter (available at PGP), it adds the perfect amout of glitter to your projects.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Hi everyone! Today I have a little project to share involving books. Reading is my second favorite thing in the world to do, just behind papercrafting. I have so many friends who are also readers that I decided to make a little card and matching bookmark.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Welcome to the Festive Fall Garden Walk at Paper Garden Projects. If you just happen to be stopping by, visit the Paper Garden Projects Blog to start the blog hop.

Take a stroll through the blogs of all the Paper Gardeners and enjoy some friendly inspiration. This month we are focusing on Fall and Back-to-School projects. While you visit, take note of each designer's name and their special garden walk word in their blog post. Once you finish your garden tour, send an E-mail to custserv@papergardenprojects.com with the list of designers and their garden walk word. Everyone who sends the correct list of designers and words will be entered in a random drawing to win a prize. You need to send an e-mail to the address above; please don't leave your list as a comment. You have until midnight (EST) on August 25th to send your list.

And the prize? We may be celebrating Fall, but summer is not quite over yet. So how about not one but 2 cute summer Kraftin Kimmie unmounted stamps!

I decided to take a mini album and turn it into a little teacher's notebook:

I used a mini blackboard album to fit the teacher theme. I wanted the front of my album to be like a present that had to be opened. So I sprayed a clothes pin with glimmer mist, added some twine, and used a key as my gift wrap.

Miss Anya is just too cute! Of course I had to dress her in pink and look at that adorable APPLE.I wanted the inside of my album to have lists and look "teachery".

Isn't it just lovely? Visit the Crop Spot to see the DT's beautiful creations using this kit. Here is a sneak peek at a mini album I did using this month's kit. Details will be posted later this month at the Crop Spot.

This is a LO of my 4 new turkeys and 1 duck we hatched in an incubator. It was amazing watching the eggs for 28 days to see if there was any changes, only to go in on the 25th day and see they were hatching! Guess they're premature! The little duck is really fiesty! And the turkeys look like baby chicks with long necks. I used Mays Art Crochet Lace and Leaves trim from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store. My paper is October Afternoon, Little Yellow Bicyce Doily, GCDStudios Border, and American Crafts Thickers.

If you really love ribbon and would like to have a wonderful assortment of ribbons sent to you automatically each month, just join the Really Reasonable Ribbon Club! Monthly ribbon club assortments are selected and pre-packed to reflect a specific theme, color, or holiday season. The assortments vary from month to month, but an average assortment has 5-8 different ribbon styles and consists of 10-15 yards of ribbon. The total price of each monthly assortment is $9.00 and includes the shipping/handling fee too!

Here is August's assortment:

This month for my project I decided to alter a picture frame using craft supplies and ribbon.

First I took a gold frame and painted it white, I didn't paint it perfectly because I wanted it to look distressed. Then to add to the distressed look I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Martha Stewart Brown Ink around the raised edges.

I took some of my favorite October Afternoon patterned paper to use as my background and inked the edges of my paper with brown ink. I added a sticker. Then I stitched a ruffle ribbon on top of my picture. Next I made some pretty flowers using my assortment and added Jenni Bowlin Buttons. You can check out my tutorial on making ribbon flowers here.

Such fun and easy flowers. The ribbon club assortment matched my picture wonderfully!

And to add to the blog hop fun I'm having a giveaway here at my blog. Become a follower of mine and leave a comment and I'll put your name in the hat to win some fabulous ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and more scrap goodies (Cosmo Cricket Mini Album, Basic Gray Patterned Paper, Prima Flowers, and more).

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Hi everyone and welcome to the latest challenge from The Digi Doodle Shop's Best. This week we are challenging you to make a project and use a flower. I think flowers are the most popular image used on cards, so this one should be easy. This week we have a sponsor who has generously let us use one of their digis, Daisy Doodles Stamps.

For this week's challenge I used their beautiful Sunflowers digi stamp. Here is my card:

I love sunflowers, think they are bright and fabulous. I also love coloring sunflowers! Blending the colors is so fun.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Hi everyone! Been doing a little crafting today...don't you just love days like that? I have lots of pictures that need scrapped, will never catch up...but I did complete 1 LO today. It's for this week's Challenge 14 at My Mind's Eye. It is a sketch challenge and you are suppose to do a Summertime project. Since weddings and Summertime go hand in hand, I decided to do a LO of my Cousin's wedding.

All of my patterned papers, scalloped border, and journaling spot are MME. My flowers are felt, I decided teal flowers would be perfect because the wedding colors were teal and brown. I used American Crafts Thickers and Papertrey Ink Buttons.

Hi folks! Wanted to share a few goodies with you tonite that I created with some of the previous kits at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us. I'm off work a few days and just feel really happy. Isn't that a wonderful feeling? It didn't hurt that I got a goodie box this evening from Scrapbook Trends Magazine....if they publish your card they send you a goodie box, how fabulous is that?

Here is a LO I did of Hubby. He's holding his Uncle's little lab, Goldie, so adorable!

Now for a little giveaway fun! Scrapbooking Supplies R Us is having a super giveaway of goodies. And here's the good part, all you have to do is leave a comment on their blog post to be eligable! Here's the LINK to the post.

And there's also another contest going on at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us. The challenge is to do a LO or a project and share one of your family traditions. Easy peasy. Here's the LINK to that post. The winner will receive a goodie bag featuring the latest from CHA! It can be a newly made creation or previously made.

The August Sampler kit will be out any day, here's a sneak peak at the kit:

And here's a LO I did of my trip to see Bon Jovi using the August kit. It is so adorable, love all the embellishments and unique items included: